Bolivarian Intelligence Service

The Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) is the premier intelligence agency in Venezuela, founded on 2 June 2010. In 2012, it was subordinated to the Vice Presidency, and it served as the political police force of the Bolivarian government. SEBIN agents were used to suppress protests, to spy on the Jewish community, and to detain Colombian, Spanish, and French journalists on 31 January 2019 during the Venezuelan presidential election.